Feed-distributer for vanners.



C. P. WHITMORE.

FEED DISTBIBUTEB. FOB, VANNERS. APPLICATION FILED JULY a. 1908.

Patented Mar.2, 1909.

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FEED-DISTRIBUTEB FOR VANNERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GYRUs P. WHITMORE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and Stateof Utah, have invented a new and Improved Feed-Distributer for Vanners,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a feed distributer forvanners of the Frue or other similar type, and it is adapted to bedisposed transversely over the conveyer, there being side rails on thefeed distributer and a rear central member with obliquely disposedmembers connecting the rear member with the side rails. Guide membersare also provided which are disposed at rightangles to the side rails,there being a slot in the rear guide member, behind which the materialis introduced. Buffers are provided, which are adapted to direct thematerial in front of the rear guide member, there being rows of guidemembers in front of the rear guide member, which are adapted to assistin the distribution of the material, which will flow to and through thefeeder openings in the front of the device, these openings beingrelatively small and close together. An extension to the floor of thedevice with holes therein, is provided when slimes are being treated.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not limit myself thereto, as it is understood that Iconsider myself entitled to all forms and embodiments of the inventionwhich may be held to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is an elevationshowing my improved feed distributer as applied to a vanner of the Fruetype; Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of my feed distributer; and Fig. 3is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that my feed distributer 1, isadjusted to a Frue vanner by the usual means 2, which will permit of thefeed distributer being inclined at a desired angle, and which will alsopermit of its Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 3, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 441,903.

being lifted and lowered slightly with reference'to the vanner. Thevanner with the conveyer 3, cone pulley 4, belt 5, pulley 6, shaft 7,the worm 8 and the gear wheel 9 as well as the other parts shown in Fig.1 of the drawings, are of the usual type and construction familiar tothose acquainted with the art, and need not be described in thisspecification as my invention relates merely to the feed distributer 1,which is best shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The feeder consists of a floor 10 with side rails 11, the rear centralmember 12 being disposed at right-angles to the side rails 11 and beingpreferably secured against the rear of the floor 10, as shown in Figs. 2and 3 of the drawings. The rear central member 12 is connected with theside rails 11 by obliquely disposed members 13. A rear guide member 14is secured to the floor 10 and is disposed at right-angles to the siderails 11 and between the obliquely disposed members 13, but the saidrear guide member 14 does not extend to the said obliquely disposedmembers. Buffers 15 are disposed on the rear face of the said rear guidemember 14, and in the space between the said buffers 15 and the rearcentral member 12, and the rear guide member 14, is disposed a wearingmaterial 16, on which the pulverized ore is deposited. In the rear guidemember 14 there is a slot 17, and buffers 18 are secured to theobliquely disposed members, the said buffers being substantially inalinement with the rear guide member. Still a second set of buffers 19are secured to the obliquely disposed members 13, this second set ofbuffers 19 being disposed behind the rear guide member 14. In front ofthe rear guide member 14 is disposed a row of guide members 20, the endmembers not extending to the obliquely disposed members 13, but beingdisposed in front of the opening between the buffers 18 and the ends ofthe rear guide member 14. I preferably use three members on this row ofguide members 20, the openings between the central members and the sidemembers being some little distance inside of the ends of the rear guidemember 14. A second row of guide members 21 is disposed in front of thefirst row of guide members 20, the members 21 being preferably four innumber and being disposed in front of the openings between the end guidemembers 20 and the obliquely disposed members 1.3, and also between thecentral and side guide members 20. In front of this second row of guidemembers 21 are disposed the feeder members 22, which are relativelynumerous and short, with small openings therebetween. As shown in Fig.3, I prefer to taper the central guide member, the first row of guidemembers 20, the'second row of guide members 21 and the feeder members22, so that they will be relatively higher in the rear of the device anddecrease in height toward the front. Ears 23 are secured to the sides ofthe feed distributer, to permit of its adjustment, as shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. When fine ores, known as slimes, are being treated, anextension 24: to the floor of the distributer is used, this extensionbeing secured to the floor of the distributer and having a rail 25 whichmay be a continuation of the side rails 10. There are orifices 26 in thefloor of the extension 24*, through which the slime may flow.

' In using my invention, the pulverized ore is deposited from a pipe 24on the wearing material 16, from whence some of it flows through thesmall slot 17, but the bulk of it flows back of the buffers 15 and itcontacts with the buffers 19 and 18, which tend to converge the streamsflowing around the rear guide member 1 1, so that the bulk of it willflow between the central and side members of the first row of guidemembers 20, though some of it will flow between the said members 20 andthe obliquely disposed members 13. As the material passes in front ofthe first row of guide members 20, it strikes the second row of guidemembers 21 which are relatively shorter in length, from whence it passesthrough the openings between the feeder members 22 and off of the feeddistributer on to the conveyor 3. When the extension 2 1 is used, theslime will pass from the feeder members 22 to the extension 24 and willfiow through the orifices 26.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A feed distributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, arear central member substantially at right-angles to the side rails,obliquely disposed members connecting the rear central member with theside rails, a rear guide member which is disposed between the obliquelydisposed members but which does not extend thereto, and buffers disposedlaterally of the rear guide member, which are adapted to converge thestreams of pulverized ore which flow around the ends of the rear guidemember.

2. A feed distributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, arear central member substantially at right-angles to the side rails,obliquely disposed members connecting the rear central member with theside rails, a rear guide member which is disposed between the obliquelydisposed members but which does not extend thereto, there being a slotin the said rear guide member, and buffers disposed laterally of therear guide member Which are adapted to converge the streams ofpulverized ore which flow around the ends of the rear guide member.

3. A feed distributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, arear central member substantially at right-angles to the side rails,obliquely disposed members connecting the rear central member with theside rails,a rear guide member which is disposed between the obliquelydisposed members, but which does not extend thereto, buffers disposedlaterally of the rear guide member, which are adapted to converge thestreams of pulverized ore whichflow around the ends of the rear guidemember, and "a series of guide members which are parallel and which aredisposed in front of the rear guide member, the openings between theguide members being out of alinement and the guide members in frontbeing shorter in length than those in the rear.

4. A feed distributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, arear central member substantially at right-angles to the side rails, arear guide member which is disposed in front of the rear central member,buffers disposed laterally of the rear guide member which are adapted toconverge the streams of pulverized ore which flow around the ends of therear guide member, and buffers on the rear face of the rear guide memberbetween which the pulverized ore may be dumped.

5. A feed distributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, arear central member substantially at right-angles to the side rails, arear guide member which is disposed in front o the rear central member,buffers disposed laterally of the rear guide member which are adapted toconverge the streams of pulverized ore which flow around the ends of therear guide member, and buffers on the rear face of the rear guide memberbetween which the pulverized ore may be dumped, there being a slot inthe rear guide member between the buffers on its rear face. 6. A feeddistributer for vanners consisting of a floor, side rails, a rearcentral member substantially at right-angles to the side rails,obliquely disposed members connecting the rear central member with theside rails, a rear guide member which is disposed between the obliquelydis nosed members but which does not extend t iereto, buffers disposedlaterally of the rear guide member which are adapted to converge thestreams of pulverized ore which flow around the ends of the rear guidemember, buffers on the rear-face of the rear guide member between whichthe pulverized ore may be dumped, a series of In testimony whereof Ihave signed my guide members Which are parallel and which name to thisspecification in the presence of 10 fire disposed in frgnt of thei rearguide mtemtwo subscribing Witnesses.

er, t e o enings etWeen t 1e gui e mem ers being out of alinement, and afloor in front of CYRUS VHITMORE' the guide members, the floor havingorifices Witnesses: therein through Which the pulverized ore JOHNROBERTSON, may flow. HENRY S. HroKs.

